Installing Steam for the first time. Is it meant to be so slow? It's like pouring 100 litres of treacle through stockings.
Or do I have a problem?
Like straining molasses through a cheesecloth on a Sunday morning in the Winter? Like waiting for me to get to the point?
Not meant to be slow at all. do you have a 100MB/s connection? It should be fast. Got a 100mb/s connection you can expect it to be slow. Using satellite? Might try changing your server. Wait what? I'm not a server. The server you access Steam through. https://www.howtogeek.com/175502/3-ways-to-make-steam-even-faster/ may be a place you've already visited.
What's slow and what troubleshooting steps have you already tried?